Undergraduate Education:
One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours or
45 quarter hours in an accredited college or university.

Graduate Education:
Education at the graduate level in an accredited college or university in the
amounts shown in the table meets the requirements for positions at GS-7 through
GS-11. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities
necessary to do the work.

One year of full-time graduate
education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended
has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot
be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying
the 1-year of full-time study requirement.

Part-time graduate education
is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study
at the school attended.

General Experience:
general experience is 3 years of progressively responsible experience, 1
year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4, that demonstrates the ability
to:

Such experience may have
been gained in administrative, professional, technical, investigative, or other
responsible work. Experience in substantive and relevant secretarial, clerical,
or other responsible work may be qualifying as long as it provided evidence
of the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) necessary to perform the duties
of the position to be filled. Experience of a general clerical nature (typing,
filing, routine procedural processing, maintaining records, or other non-specialized
tasks) is not creditable. Trades or crafts experience appropriate to the position
to be filled may be creditable for some positions.

Specialized Experience:
Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills,
and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is
typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable,
specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower
grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
Applicants who have the 1 year of appropriate specialized experience, as indicated
in the table, are not required by this standard to have general experience,
education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience
to meet the minimum qualification requirements.